Delimitation - DISCUSS THE WORKING PROCEDURE OF THE 4th DELIMITATION COMMISSION.

Delimitation - DISCUSS THE WORKING PROCEDURE OF THE 4th DELIMITATION COMMISSION.

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  NAME: - RAJKUMARPOREL. ROLL NO: - 91. SUBJECT: - M.SC GEOGRAPHY. SEMESTER: - 3rd. INSTITUTION NAME: - BHAIRAB GANGULY COLLEGE. QUESTION:- DISCUSS THE WORKING PROCEDUREOF THE 4thDELIMITATION COMMISSION. Delimitation:- Delimitation literally means the act or process of fixing limits or boundaries of territorial constituencies in a country or a provincehaving a legislative body. The job of delimitation is assigned to a high power body. Such a body is known as Delimitation Commission or a Boundary Commission. In India, such Delimitation Commissions havebeen constituted 4 times – in 1952 under the Delimitation Commission Act, 1952, in 1963 under Delimitation Commission Act, 1962, in 1973 under Delimitation Act, 1972 and in 2002 under Delimitation Act, 2002. There was no delimitation after the 1981 and 1991 Censuses. Why DelimitationIs Needed For India:- 1) To provideequal representationtoequal segments of a population.
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  2) Fair divisionofgeographical areas so that one political party doesn’thave an advantage over others in an election. 3) To follow the principle of “One Vote One Value”. Functions of DelimitationCommission:- i) To determine the number and boundaries of constituencies to make population of all constituencies nearly equal. ii) To identify seats reservedfor ScheduledCastes andScheduledTribes, wherever their population is relatively large. iii) In caseof difference of opinion among members of the Commission, the opinionof the majority prevails. iv) The Delimitation Commission in India is a high power body whoseorders havethe forceof law and cannot be calledin questionbefore any court. Delimitation Of Assembly And ParliamentaryConstituencies: Guidelines And MethodologyOf 4th DelimitationCommission (I) The Total Number Of Existing Seats As Allocated To Various States1 In The House Of The People On The Basis Of 1971 Census ShallRemain Unaltered Till The FirstCensus To Be Taken After The Year 2026. (Ii) The Total Number Of Existing Seats In The Legislative Assemblies Of All States As Fixed On The Basis Of 1971 Census ShallAlso Remain Unaltered Till The FirstCensus To Be Taken After The Year 2026. (Iii) The Number Of Seats To Be Reserved For The Scheduled Castes (Scs) And Scheduled Tribes (Sts) In The HouseOf The People And State Legislative Assemblies Shall Be Re-Worked OutOn The Basis Of 2001 Census. (Iv) Each State Shall Be Re-Delimited Into Territorial Parliamentary And Assembly Constituencies On The Basis Of 2001 Census And The Extent Of Such Constituencies As Delimited Now Shall Remain Frozen Till The FirstCensus To Be Taken After The Year 2026. (V) The Constituencies Shall Be So Re-Delimited That Population (On The Basis Of 2001 Census) Of Each Parliamentary And Assembly Constituency In A State Shall, So Far As Practicable, Be The Same ThroughoutThe State. (Vi) The 2001 Census Population FigureWas Divided By The Number Of Assembly Constituencies Of A State. For Example, In WestBengal As Per 2001 Census Was 80176157ThereBeing 294 Assembly Constituencies In The State, The Average Population Per Assembly Constituencies Was 272708. In RespectOf Parliamentary Constituencies , The Matter Of Equal Population Distribution Has Been Also Considered.
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  (Vii) Having DetermindThe AveragePopulation Per Assembly Constituency, The Commission Took Up The Task Of Allocating Assembly Constituencies In The District. The Population Of District Was Divided By The Average Population Of A Assembly Constituency To ArriveAt The Number Of Constituency To Be Allotted To A District. (Viii) With Number Of Constituencies So Fixed For A District, The Average Population For Each Constituency Of The Particular District Was Arrived At By Dividing The Population Of The District By The Number Of Seats Allotted. (Ix) While Fixing The Boundaries Of The Constituencies, A Devision Up To 10 Per Cent Was Allowed, Having Regard To GeographicalAnd Local Factors. (X) During The Process Of Constitution Of Constituencies, Care Was Taken To See That AdministrativeUnits At The LowestLevel WereNot Divided And Served As Building Blocks. Those Were The Working ProcedureOf 4th Delimitation Commission.